Gayne Whitman
Born: 1890-03-19 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1958-08-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosburgh; March 19, 1890 – August 31, 1958) was an American radio and film actor. He appeared in 213 films between 1904 and 1957. In some early films he was credited under his birth name. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. As Alfred Vosburgh, he was the leading man in the film Princess of the Dark (1917). Soon after that, he changed his screen name to Alfred Whitman because "1917 was not a good time to have a German sounding name." Beginning in 1921, Whitman acted at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles. He returned to films in 1925 when he received a contract with Warner Bros. On radio, Whitman played the title role in Chandu the Magician, was the narrator on Lassie and Strange as It Seems, and was an announcer on Paducah Plantation and other programs.
Filmography
1989
- Rootin' Tootin' Roundup as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Sakima and the Masked Marvel as Voice of the Masked Man
1957
- The Helen Morgan Story as Big Ed Wallace (uncredited)
1955
- Highway Patrol as Dr. Kennedy
1954
1953
- The Jazz Singer as Mr. Eskow
- Dangerous Crossing as Purser (uncredited)
- Trouble Along the Way as Lawyer Grummet
- One Girl's Confession as District Attorney
1952
- Big Jim McLain as Dr. Gelster
- Strange Fascination as Mr. Lowell
1951
- The Living Christ as Judas Iscariot
1950
- The Killer That Stalked New York as Doctor (uncredited)
1949
- Popular Science L-8-5 as Self (Voice)
- The Sickle or the Cross as Tim Matthews
1948
- Popular Science L-7-4 as Self (Voice)
- Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home as Narrator (voice)
1947
- Faith of Jairus as Narrator
- Moon Rockets as Narrator
1946
- Prospecting for Petroleum as The Geologist (voice)
- Tomorrow's Airplane Today: The Story of the Stratocruiser as Narrator (voice)
1945
- Hitchhike to Happiness as Radio Program Announcer (uncredited)
- Blonde Ransom as Reporter (uncredited)
- Music in the Sky as Narrator
1944
- My Gal Loves Music as Announcer
- Bordertown Trail as Officer
1942
- Reunion in France as Maitre d'hotel (uncredited)
- Phantom Killer as District Attorney John W. Rogers
1941
- Ziegfeld Girl as Ted (uncredited)
- The Lady Eve as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-0-5 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-4 as Self (Voice)
- Gangs Inc. as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-0-6 as Self (Voice)
- Parachute Battalion as Staff Officer
- Play Girl as Jeweller (uncredited)
- The Rookie Bear as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
- Popular Science J-0-3 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-1 as Self (Voice)
- Flight Command as Doctor
- New Moon as First Mate
- Lucky Partners as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-0-2 as Self (Voice)
- I Take This Woman as Dr. Phelps (uncredited)
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Harrison
- In Old Missouri as Businessman
1939
- Land of Liberty as Narrator
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Radio Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Flying Irishman as New York City Announcer
1938
- Smashing the Rackets as News Broadcaster
- Popular Science J-8-1 as Narrator
- Fleischer Studios Behind The Scenes as Narrator
1937
- Little Hiawatha as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Mickey's Review as Narrator
- Popular Science J-7-1 as Narrator
1936
- The Texas Rangers as announcer (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-6-2 as Self (Voice)
- Robin Hood of El Dorado
- The Return of Jimmy Valentine as Radio Actor
- Spendthrift as Radio Announcer
1935
- Woman Wanted as Attorney (uncredited)
- Page Miss Glory as Radio Show Announcer (uncredited)
- The Last Wilderness as Narrator
- The Old Homestead as Radio Station Executive (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-5-1 as Self (Voice)
1934
- Stand Up and Cheer! as President (voice)
- The 9th Guest as Voice of the Host (Uncredited)
- Art Trouble as Richard Burton
- The Band Plays On as Doctor Wilson
- Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares "Dinner for Eight" as Self - Narrator (voice)
- City of Wax as Narrator
- Inyaah (Jungle Goddess) as Narrator
- Wings Over Ethiopia as Narrator
1932
- Sea Spiders as Narrator (voice)
- Igloo as Narrator (voice)
- The Iceless Arctic as Narrator (voice)
1931
- Heroes of the Flames as Don Mitchell
1929
- Lucky Boy as Mr. Trent
1928
- Sailors' Wives as Warren Graves
- The Adventurer as The Tornado
1927
- Backstage as Frank Carroll
- Too Many Crooks as Marshall Stone
- The Woman on Trial as Julie's Lawyer
- Stolen Pleasures as John Manning
1926
- A Woman of the Sea as The Novelist from the City
- Oh! What a Nurse! as Clive Hunt
- The Love Toy as Prime Minister
- Exclusive Rights
- Sunshine of Paradise Alley as Glen Wathershoon
- His Jazz Bride
- The Night Cry as Miguel Hernández
- Hell-Bent for Heaven
1925
- Three Weeks in Paris as Duke Laporte
- The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted as Jerome Wallace
- His Majesty, Bunker Bean as Bert Hollins
- The Pleasure Buyers as Genne Cassenas
- The Love Hour as Attorney
1921
- If Women Only Knew as Professor Storey
1919
- A Trick of Fate as Richard Crane
- The End of the Game as Frank Miller
- The Best Man as Jefferson Hathaway (as Alfred Whitman)
1918
- The Sea Flower as Truxton Darnley
- Tongues of Flame as L'Eau Darmant
- Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers as Ross Cavanaugh
- Baree, Son of Kazan as Jim Carvel (as Alfred Whitman)
- A Gentleman's Agreement as Allen Spargo
- The Girl from Beyond as Geoffrey Hampden / George Hammond
- The Home Trail as Tom Evans
- The Wild Strain as Harold Burton
1917
- Sunlight's Last Raid as Jack Conway
- Environment as Arnold Brice
- The Serpent's Tooth as Sid Lennox
- Princess of the Dark as Jack Rockwell (as Alfred Vosburgh)
- Shackles of Truth as Luther Snaith
- Money Madness as Tom Williams (as Alfred Vosburgh)
1916
- The Code of Honor as Capt. Frank Marvin
- Tangled Skeins as Randall Wellington
- Life's Harmony as Gordon Howard
- Realization as Carl
- Enchantment as The Faun's Mate
- The Touch on the Key as Jimmy Lorman
- The Quicksands of Deceit as Hugh Conway
- Her Father's Son as Lt. Richard Harkness
- Jealousy's First Wife as Randolph Truax
- The Road to Love as Karan (as Alfred Vosburgh)
- Professor Jeremy's Experiment as Thorpe Willis
- The Silken Spider as Rev. Lewis Dunston
- Four Months as Billy Carrington
- The Counterfeit Earl as Ralph Collum
- The Atonement as Dick Stanton
- The Little Troubadour as Frank Towne
- Pastures Green as Bruce Blake
- The Gentle Conspiracy as Bob Fillmore
- The Holly House as Rolin Henderson
1913
- The Pitfall as Jim Bell
- The Sign of the Snake as Secondary Role